Shirt



J. HURWITZ.

SHIRT. APPLICATION FILED MAY12. 1919.

Patented Jan. 6, 1920.

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UNITED STATES. rarENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH HURWITZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHIRT.

hattan. in the county and State of New York. have invented new anduseful Im provements in Shirts. of which the followmoved, `at the sametime, however,

ing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The. object of the invention is to provide certain new and usefulimprovements in shirts of the neglige type whereby the worn out or tornportions can be conveniently redisplaying unused duplicate. portionsthus permitting the owner to practically use the shirt twice the lengthot' time of an ordinar v shirt of the same. type. More specifically,one, object is to permit or worn out bosom portions without requiringthe attachment of new portions 'and without altering the appearance ofthe shirt.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described andthen specifically pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in ftheaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a front pers ctive view of the shirt as applied and witrtions broken out and a corner of one of t e bosom panels shown partlydetached and folded back;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged inverted sectional plan view of the shirt on theline 2--2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a cross section of another portion of the shirt on the lineA:5f-3 of-Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan view of another portion ofthe shirt on the line 4-1 of Fig. 1

Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross section of one of the cus. the section beingon the line 5-5 of Fig. 8;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged portion of the shirt on Fig. 1;

Fig. 7 is a face view'of a portion of the *shirt` made of stripedmaterial, one corner of the outer bosom portion being' shown detachedand folded back; and

Fig. 8 is avface view of one of the cuffs in extended position and withone corner .gf pue of the layers detached and folded v cross section ofa the line 66 of Specification of Letters Patent.

construction so of removing torninverted sectional Patented Jan. c,1920.

Application filed May 12. 1919. Seria1`No. 296.408.`

The body 10 ofthe shirt is provided at the median line ot' the t'rontwith multi-ply or reinforced front flaps 11 and 12 adaptec to overlapand to be'fastened together in the usual manner by buttons andbuttonholes or other fastening devices 13. The upper-ends of thel flaps11 and 12 are joined to the ends of the neckband 15 which like the. yoke16 and the sleeves 17 are of usual that further description of the same.is not deemed necessary. Each of the bosom panels 20 and 21 of the shirtbody 10 is provided with marginal hemstitchings 2:2. 23. 2t and 25, ofwhich the hemstitching 22 is adjacent the corresponding flap 11 or Thehemstitchings 23 are adjacent folds 25 and 26 formed in the body10 andeX- tending from the front edge of the yoke 1G downward to approximatelythe waist portion of the skirt body, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1. itbeing understood that the folds 25 and 26 are approximately parallelwith the flaps 11 and 12. rl`he upper marginal stitchings 24 areadjacent the front edge of the yoke 16- and the front portion of theneckband 15. and the lower marginal stitchings are approximately at thewaist line of the body. The flap 11 when in close position overlies thehemstitchings 22 of the panel 21 and the ap 11 has its right-hand sideextended to normally overlap the marginal stitching 22 of the panel 20and the folds 25 and 26 normally overlie the marginal stitchings'23 twobosom panels 20'and 21 and hence the marginal stitchings 22 and 23 arenormally not visible.

The outer bosom panels 20 and 21 overlle duplicate inner bosom panels 30and 31 of the same material as the bosom panels 20 is fastened at theright-hand side by stitches 32 to the body 10 at the fold 25 and beyonthe hemstitching 23, while the left-hand side of this duplicate innerbosom panel 30 is Jfastened by stitches 3.3 to the flap 11 (see Fig. Je)at a point beyond the hemstitching 22. The upper end of the inner bosompanel 30 is attached by stitches 34 and 35 to the yoke 16 and thecolla-rhand 15 at a point beyond the hemstitching 24: and the lower endof the inner bosom panel 30 is connected by stitches 36 with the body 10at a' point below the hemstitching cated in Fig. 1. lThe other inner bosom panel 31 is similarly connected lev stitches 37 to the body 10 atthe fold 26 beyond the 2 5` as plainly indiof the outer sides of theland 21, and of which the bosom panel 30 hemstitching 23, as plainlyindicated in Figs. 1 and 2. The right-hand side of the inner bosom panel31 is connected by stitches 38 and 39 to the flap 12 (see Fig. 4) andthe upper end of the'bosom` panel .31 is connected to the yoke 16 andthe corresponding end of the collar band 15 -by stitches (not shown) butsimilar to the stitches 34 and 35, while the lower end of the bosompanel 31 is connected by stitches to the bodylO below the hemstitching25. as plainly indicated in Fig. 6.

By the arrangement described, the bosom panels 20 and 2l, in case theyare worn out or torn, can be cut out by cutting along the hemstitchings22, 23, 24 and 25, thus allowing complete removal of these panels andthereby uncovering the inner panels 30 and 31 which now assume thefunctions of the panels 20 and 21. It will be noticed that as the flapllnormally overlies the stitchings 22, and the folds 25 and 26 overliethe hemstitchings 23, it is evident that the picots left on cutting thehemstitch'ings 22 and 23 are not visible and hence the shirt front haspractically 'the same appearance as it had prior to cutting out thepanels 20 and 21.

In case the body 10 is madeof figured goods, as indicated in Fig. 7,then the iigures of the in register, and hence when the outer panels 20and 21 are removed, as above explained, then the figures of the underpanels 30 and 31 are in proper alinement with the remaining portions ofthe body.

It is understood that in practice the bosom of `a shirt is usuallyruptured at the upper portion by the ends of the collar and when thisrupture takes place the shirt is practically rendered useless and, as arule, is thrown away. With the improved shirt having removable outerpanels 20 and 21 the.

life of the shirt is practically doubled as the under vpanels 30 and 31perform the same functionsas the panels 20 and 21 after the latter areremoved.

Each of the cuffs 50 at the end of the corresponding sleeve 17 isprovided with an outer detachable panel 51 normally overlying a panel52, and this outer panel 51 is provided with marginal hemstitchings 53which can be cut by the use of scissors or other tool whenever the panel51 becomes worn out thus bringing. into use another panel 52. The panels5l and 52 are connected with an inside panel 54 and the several panelsare fastened together beyond the hemstitchings 53 by stitches 55 andfastening the inner ends of the panels to the sleeve 17, as plainly fstitches 56 are used for indicated inl Fig. 5. 4A lining may beintroduced between the panels 53 and 54 to stifen the cuff in case it-isdesired to do so. y

No overlying folds are necessary for the lupper and lower marginalhemstitches of panels 20, 30 and 21, 31 are lh front of the each outerpanel 20 and 21 as these hem-"i stitched portions are usually covered byvests and outer garments such as coats and trousers.

It is understood that although only one removable panel 20 or 21 isshown at each bosom part, it is evident that two or more such panelshaving hemstitched margins may be used in superimposed relation vtoallow of removing one panel after another as they become torn or wornout until the under panels 30, and` 31 are-reached. p The samearrangement applies to the cuffs.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent z- I 1. In a shirt, a divided front to provide twobosom parts, each having' a plurality of .superimposed panels andhemstitches along the margins .of the outermost panel of each bosompart4 and adapted to be cut to detach the outermost panel of each bosompart from the shirt and to leave the under panel intact to performthe"function of the detached panel. v

2. In a shirt, a body provided with a neckband and with a divided frontto provide two bosom parts having overlapping flaps for closing thefront, each bosom part aving a plurality of superimposed panels andhemstitches along the margins of the outermost panel adjacent thecorresponding flap, the top, the waist line and sides of the said body,the said hemstitches being adaptedito be cut to allow removal of theoutermost bosom panels leaving the under bosoln panels intact to performthe functions of the removed panels, the said flaps overlying thehemstitches along the margins connecting the panels with the flaps.

Inl a shirt, a body having a divided front providing two outer bosompanels each havlng hemstitched margins, a neckband, a yoke, fiapsadapted to overlie to close the shirt, side flaps extendingapproximately parallel to the front flaps and extending from the saidyoke, the said front and side flaps overlying the hem'stitched-sidvlmargins of the said outer panels, the hemstitched margin at the 'upperend oftheouter-panels being adjacent the said neckband and yoke, andinner bosom panels underlying the said outer panels and being attachedto the body at the hemstitched margins o f'the outer panels.

JOSEPH HUnw-ITZ.

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